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Parents can take an active role in protecting the children from the hazards of the internet. They should be friendly with the computer and they should know how to block all the materials that they think is objectionable. If the computer is kept in a common are, then the parents can monitor what their child is up to, and can save him from the internet predators.

When it comes to a child’s email address, the password of this account should be known by his parents, as this will help them from keeping an eye on him, and leading him away from any kind of danger he is unaware of. Teens that enter the chat rooms should be very careful that they do not give away any personal information to any anonymous person no matter how good he or she appears.

5th national Cox teen summit was hosted by Cox Communications and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Their subject this time was online safety issues. This summit took place in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday the 15th of July. This summit had got together many teens from all across the country. They discussed a lot of online safety issues. These issues included not only the potential long-term impact of social posts that are made on a teenager’s digital reputation, but also sexting, and cyber bullying.

This event saw the release of the results of Cox and NCMEC. The results were based on their annual survey that looked into the aspects of the online behavior of the teenagers and this also included the big changes and the trends of the last five years.

The discussion at this event was hosted by John Walsh, who is very popular in America as a children’s advocate. He was later joined by a guest panelist. This was the well-known James Andrews, who is famous for being a social media expert.